Objective: To evaluate the effect of anti-TNF therapy on resistance to insulin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with patients with RA being treated with non-biological DMARDs. Methods: Inactive patients diagnosed with RA (ACR 1987 criteria) (DAS 28 < 2.6) were included, being treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (anti-TNF) (cases) and non-biological disease-modi...

OBJECTIVE To explore genetic and environmental contributions to the influence of parental social class and region of upbringing on adult human fatness. DESIGN Survey of sample of adults who had been adopted in childhood to relate their body mass index to sociodemographic variables in a series of multiple linear regression analyses. SUBJECTS 4643 Subjects traced from a register of 5455 non-f...

some macroinvertebrate indices of stream health have been identified as most useful and efficacious. management decisions can be made with greater awareness.the objectives of this study were to assess the biological water of the hazar river using macroinvertebrates.the haraz river is one of the best freshwater ecosystems in the mazandaran province located in the north of iran.to assess the macr...

Various staining techniques are commonly used in biomedical research to investigate cellular morphology. By inducing absorption of light, staining dyes change the intracellular refractive index due to the Kramers-Kronig relationship. We present a method for creating 2D maps of real and imaginary refractive indices of stained biological cells using their thickness and absorptance. We validate ou...

BACKGROUND Short sleep and poor sleep quality are associated with risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and mortality. This study examines the contribution of sleep duration and sleep quality on a multisystem biological risk index that is known to be associated with morbidity and mortality. METHODS Analyses include a population-based sample from the Midlife Development in the Unit...

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abstract suitable seedling is one of the most important factors of onion growth and yield in transplanting method (tm). in order to investigation effects of different seedling size and age on marketable yield , biological yield, harvest index and some qualitative characters in onion an experiment was couducted at the agricultural research center of east azarbayjan in 2008. the factorial was con...

plant density can be as a supplementary section in the increase of the yield of wheat products. in order to research the effect of density on the yield and yield components in wheat, an experiment was conducted in the agricultural research farm located in araghi mahalleh, gorgan city using three density levels (150, 262, 375 plant in square meter) and three cultivars of wheat (tajan, falat, n-8...